Compared with Zhang Juzheng's full concentration, Gao Gong was much more careless. Even when he heard Zhu Ping'an say that his answer was also four words, Gao Gong acted as if he didn't hear it and continued to sip tea calmly.
Because there are no expectations, you can be careless.
While sipping tea, Gao Gong casually glanced at Zhu Ping'an and Zhang Juzheng who were conversing.
"Oh, I wonder what four words Lord Zhu meant by this. I'd like to hear the details." Zhang Juzheng leaned forward slightly, looking at Zhu Ping'an intently.
"It's nothing but 'reform and opening up'."
Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and waved it forward. His tone was just like Zhang Juzheng's, calm and confident. His gesture was just like Gao Gong's, generous and powerful. The sunlight shone on Zhu Ping'an's face, and the reflected light made Zhang Juzheng look sideways.
Reform and opening up!
Although Zhu Ping'an's voice was not loud, the four words "reform and opening up" were like the sound of a huge bell, resounding throughout the room, with the lingering sound lingering in the air.
For a moment, it seemed that the whole room was echoing with these four words.
"Reform and opening up?"
Zhang Juzheng was stunned when he heard this. These four words seemed simple, but after thinking about them for a while, he felt that these four simple words were extremely profound. He couldn't help but repeat them softly.
The more I think about it, the more profound it seems.
Although he couldn't figure out the meaning of these four words at the moment, Zhang Juzheng could still figure it out a little.
"Reform" means change.
The word "reform" comes from King Wuling of Zhao's policy of wearing Hu clothes and riding and shooting. In 307 BC, King Wuling of Zhao launched the famous reform of wearing Hu clothes and riding and shooting in history. He ordered that the cavalry combat uniforms of Zhao be changed from the traditional long skirts and long sleeves of the Central Plains to the compact short-sleeved clothes of the northern Hu people. Because the clothes of the Hu people were mostly made of animal leather, the change of military uniforms was also called "reform". Later, the word reform was gradually extended to mean "change, innovation".
open
The first thing Zhang Juzheng thought of when he heard this word was to lift the maritime ban.
Lift the sea ban!
This view coincided with his own ideas and Gao Gong's ideas. Zhang Juzheng was well aware of the negative impact of the maritime ban, which restricted overseas trade and increased conflicts among residents in the southeastern coastal areas... ...
The two Song dynasties were weak, with a territory and population far smaller than that of the Ming Dynasty, but their treasury revenue was much higher than that of the Ming Dynasty.
Why
A large part of this was due to overseas trade. The tariffs collected by the Maritime Customs alone amounted to a huge amount of fiscal revenue.
The maritime ban did have a positive effect in the early stage, limiting the harassment by Japanese pirates, but it was only limited to the early stage. Later, as the maritime ban became stricter, some maritime merchants and residents along the southeast coast whose interests were damaged colluded with the Japanese pirates, making the threat of Japanese pirates more and more serious. Like leeks, they were difficult to eradicate after being harvested one after another.
Therefore, Zhang Juzheng's attitude towards the current maritime ban is negative, and he believes that it should be lifted.
Zhang Juzheng knew that Gao Gong also advocated lifting the maritime ban. When discussing privately, Gao Gong had criticized the maritime ban policy more than once.
From this point of view, if Zhu Ping'an's opening refers to the lifting of the maritime ban, then it coincides with his and Gao Gong's ideas.
After a preliminary interpretation of the four words "reform and opening up", Zhang Juzheng's expression became more serious.
When Zhang Juzheng was deeply shocked by the four words "reform and opening up" thrown out by Zhu Ping'an, Gao Gong standing beside him was no longer as indifferent as before.
now.
Gao Gong, who was originally sipping tea, had put down the cup in his hand at some point. His eyes looked at Zhu Ping'an like an eagle, and he turned his body to face Zhu Ping'an with a serious look.
Reform and opening up!
These four words shocked Gao Gong no less than Zhang Juzheng.
At first Gao Gong didn't care much about Zhu Ping'an's answer, because he had no expectations at all. However, when these four simple yet profound words "reform and opening up" came out of Zhu Ping'an's mouth, who had no expectations, the shocking effect was doubled.
reform!
These two words seemed to carry a stream of electricity in Gao Gong's mind, giving him goose bumps.
actually
Gao Gong had thought in his heart more than once that if Prince Yu succeeded to the throne and he was able to preside over the government, what he would want to do was also reform.
What I just mentioned, "taking righteousness as profit", is the goal, and the means is reform, and "taking righteousness as profit" is achieved through reform.
As for opening up, Gao Gong also thought of lifting the maritime ban, which coincided with his own idea.
Reform and opening up!
Zhu Ping'an's ideas are so consistent with my own? !
The degree of fit is no less than that of Zhang Juzheng!
This forced Gao Gong to re-examine Zhu Ping'an.
I often interacted with Zhang Juzheng to discuss academic matters and state governance, exchange ideals and ambitions, and often worked together. It is understandable that we were so compatible.
but
I had basically no communication with Zhu Ping'an before, but Zhu Ping'an's ideas were so consistent with mine.
This surprised Gao Gong very much. He put his hands on the arms of the chair, leaned forward involuntarily, and looked at Zhu Ping'an with burning eyes. The contempt in his heart turned into respect, and the indifference on his face turned into concentration.
Zhu Ping'an took in Zhang Juzheng's expression and Gao Gong's change of demeanor, and couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his lips.
They are very satisfied with the shock that the national policy of "reform and opening up" has brought to them.
This was within Zhu Ping'an's expectations.
If the epoch-making national policy of "reform and opening up" cannot shock them, then they are not worthy of being called Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng.
"What is reform and opening up? Please enlighten me, Lord Zhu." After a few seconds, Zhang Juzheng came back to his senses and asked.
"Reform and opening up, in short, means internal reform and external opening up." Zhu Ping'an was calm and answered fluently.
"Reform? How to reform?" Gao Gong narrowed his eyes slightly, knocked on the table, and asked Zhu Ping'an.
"In terms of making money and managing finances, I believe that 'without agriculture there is no stability, without industry there is no prosperity, and without commerce there is no life'. Agriculture is the foundation of a country, and without agriculture the world will be unstable; handicrafts are the dominant force in wealth, and without handicrafts the world will not be prosperous; commerce is the key to the vitality of agriculture and handicrafts, and commerce connects agriculture and handicrafts, and without commerce, agriculture and handicrafts will lose their vitality. Therefore, reforms should also start from this point," Zhu Ping'an replied.
Without agriculture there is no stability, without industry there is no wealth, without commerce there is no life!
Zhu Ping'an's speech summarized the dialectical relationship between agriculture, industry and commerce vividly, which once again refreshed and shocked Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong. This was the first time Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong heard someone summarize the relationship between agriculture, industry and commerce in this way. The more they thought about it, the more they felt it made sense. Isn't this the relationship between agriculture, industry and commerce
nature.
Zhu Pingan twitched his lips slightly in his heart. This was a conclusion drawn by people in the 1980s based on the 5,000 years of Chinese history. How could it be wrong?!